Explainer: Rishi Sunak’s fight against the fraudsters robbing Britain May 3, 2023 Fraud is now the most common crime in Britain. Whether it’s done via call, text or online, it constitutes 41 per cent of all offences committed. We used to think fraud was a danger purely for older and vulnerable people, until we all started falling for it. Criminals have become so skilled at impersonating banks, [...]
PMQs sketch: A local election drinking game, by Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak May 3, 2023 In celebration of the impending Coronation, no, not of the King, but of 8,000 local councillors across the country, Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer came up with a novel idea: a PMQs drinking game.
Swapping printing for press ups: Times publishing boss joins Gym Group as CEO in cost cutting bid May 3, 2023 The Gym Group has announced that seasoned business leader and publishing boss Will Orr has taken on the role of chief executive. The budget exercise chain drafted in the pricing pro to keep costs attractive amid the cost of living crisis. In his new role at the Gym Group, Orr will be leaving the world [...]
A green price to pay: Why offshore wind’s rising costs pose a challenge for renewables May 3, 2023 Offshore wind generation is now facing real cost challenges for building new turbines raising the prospect of higher prices.
The Notebook: Neil Bennett on the local elections, the BBC and a very modern strike May 3, 2023 The other day my bike appeared in The Sun. Like any proud owner, I have carefully kept the cutting. The reason for this was a colleague needed a prop for his anti-pothole campaign, catchily called “Pot Trumps”. Each day he features a large and terrifying pot hold on Instagram in a forlorn attempt to persuade [...]
Spoiler: King Charles won’t remember the corporates who wished him good luck May 3, 2023 King Charles's coronation is round the corner, but businesses shouldn't feel like they must say something about it at all costs. Sometimes the best PR strategy for corporates is staying quiet, writes Simon Neville
Ethereum upgrade boosts institutional interest, while Coinbase takes on the SEC May 2, 2023 Data from CryptoCompare shows that the price of Bitcoin (BTC) started the week with a jump from around $27,000 to a high near $30,000.
Tucker Carlson’s playbook for news-by-soundbite will succeed beyond Fox News May 2, 2023 When Tucker Carlson was fired from Fox News, it made the headlines in the UK because of the viral soundbites he was a master at. TalkTV and GBNews are following the same formula, write Eliot Wilson
I just didn’t get Bitcoin until 2016 when a big Monty Python foot came out of the sky and crushed me May 1, 2023 Gaming legend Clem Chambers tells Crypto AM he believes that as digital economies grow, the real world will shrink.
Musk: Media publishers can start charging for one-off articles shared on Twitter May 1, 2023 Twitter will roll out a new feature allowing media publishers to charge users on a per-article basis, the company’s chief executive Elon Musk said on Saturday. Musk said this would allow users who did not want to sign up for monthly subscriptions to pay a higher per article price to read one article. In a [...]